REPRESENTATIVE RUGBY

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 7 September 1928, Page 3

REPRESENTATIVE RUGBY

TARANAKI v. MANAWHENUA. SECOND GAME TO-MORROW. The selection of the Taranaki Rugby team to play Manawlienua at New Plymouth to-morrow was announced by Mr. W. A. Guy at last evening’s meeting of the Union management committee as follows : Full-back: A. Collins (Stratford). Three-quarters: A. Carter (Stratford), H. IV. Brown (Old Boys), W. Rutherford (Opunake). Five-eighths: D. Johnson (Okaiawa), E. Owen (Stratford). Half-back: A. Court (Star). Rover: A. Guy (Kaponga). Back row: C Wills (Patea), R. Gu v (Okaiawa). Middle row: J. Walter (Stratford), Ike (Okaiawa), P. Conroy (Opunake). Hookers: W. Robinson (Hawera), 0. Murphy (Hawera). Emergencies: Backs, D. Crawford (Oxaiawa), S. F. Riley (Hawera); forwards, McDonald (Star), B. Espin (Kaponga). The team is to assemble at the Imperial Hotel. The following players are not available for Saturday: A. Kivell, R. O’Keefe. J. Baldwin, R. "Williams, J. Lusk, W. Hohaia, C. Holiaia, R. F-ookes, Hunt, Coleman, R. O’Rorke. To-morrow's game will be the ninth to he played this season by Taranaki, and will be the last of the season on Taranaki’s grounds, though further games with "Waikato at Hamilton, i hames Valley at Te Arolia, and Auckland at Auckland have yet to be played. . . So far the team has won six and lost two games, on© of the defeats being sustained at the hands of Manavvhenua at Palmerston North last week. The scores of 20 to 16 showed, however, that the margin between the teams was small, and another keen game is expected to-morrow. The curtain-raiser, which was to have been provided by the Hawera High School and Star teams in the provincial fourth grade final, lias been cancelled owing to the inability, through the vacation, of the school team to fulfil the engagement. As the eurtain-rlaiser an endeavour is being made, conditional on the teams being able to travel, for the meeting of Toko and Clifton in the junior semifinal.